Up and running

Back to school after a week away with my brothers. It's still teh holidays but some students are in school for club activities, especially the music club who were playing down the corridor.

When I got to my desk I found my new weekly schedule. I'll now teach with four of the same teachers as last year, plus two others; Homie-sensei and Miyazaki-sensei. So a bit of consistancy and a bit of a change. The biggest change is that I now have two lessons a week with the third-years, this year with Homie-sensei instead of Komata sensei.

I also met the new English teacher, Sugimoto-sensei. She used to work at Tokamachi Sogo Koko (Debbie's school), but has moved to Tokamachi Koko to cover for Tokuma-sensei (on sick-leave). I didn't get much chance to meet her (she had a lot of meetings and I was busy preparing for the new year), but from what Debs has said, I'm looking forward to working with her.

After school I had to go to Muikamachi Interchange and collect my car. I'd parked the car there on Saturday when my brothers and I took the coach to Tokyo. I returned last night and found that I couldn't start my car. A bit of button fiddling in the dark and I realised that I had left my headlights on all weekend. Flat battery, no starting. It was 8.30pm when I realised this so the nearby garage was closed. I tried to get help from the Interchange staff, but all I got from him was a phone number for some bloke who hung up within five seconds. Cut a long story short, Keiko came to pick me up and I left the car at teh interchange. So today, I asked my supervisor for some help. She rang the garage, explained what was wrong. They said if I could get to the garage, they could help. And true to their word they did. Spare battery, jump leads and 2,000yen later and my car was running.

When I got home I sent a mail out to see if anyone is up for Albirex on Saturday. I'll see what replies I get and buy the tickets tomorrow. We also have a footy training session on Sunday for the Tochigi footy tournament, so it's turning itno a bit of a footy weekend. All that's missing is a Winning Eleven sesh.

Also I went to the gym tonight to resume my fitness training. The good news is even after two weeks with my brothers my running fitness is fine. Only worry is that after two weeks of driving I've strained my achilles a little. Still, nowt an ankle support can't solve. Bring on the tourney!